Demography & Population
How populations grow, age and change. Explore fertility, births, urbanisation and population structure.
Population
people · 2000–2026
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Showing selected countries and up to 12 suggestions. Search by name or code across 217 countries and economies.Selected window: 2000–2026. Solid: observed · Dashed: estimate/projection · Dotted: source status unclassified · Diamond: 2026.
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PROJECTION · 2026 · dashed lines; diamonds only in 2026. Unclassified source values are not certified observed.How to read this chart
Unclassified means the provider did not supply an explicit observation/estimate flag. It does not mean the value is unreliable. Source or methodology changes can affect trends across editions.
Countries publish data on different schedules. A shorter line or a gap means the source has no value for that country and year. Missing values are not zero. Only separately sourced official estimates or projections may fill gaps; we do not invent intermediate values. Use Table to inspect individual years.
The source-check date tells you when we retrieved the data, not the year it describes. Use the observation year when citing a value.
Compare the same definition and period. Differences are descriptive, not causal. National measurement methods may differ; crude rates are not age-standardised. Missing uncertainty intervals in this feed do not mean an estimate is exact.
At the same point in time
Latest comparable common year within this selection: 2026.
United States minus Portugal: 338,640,132 people.
Japan minus Portugal: 112,032,369 people.
Calculated by World in Stats from the named source values. This comparison includes 2026 projections, not observed outcomes. Differences are not causal effects.Available indicators
Population
Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
% per year · 217/217 profiles · latest year by country 2025–2026Population growth
Annual population growth rate for year t is the exponential rate of growth of midyear population from year t-1 to t, expressed as a percentage.
births per woman · 217/217 profiles · latest year by country 2024–2026Fertility rate
Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with age-specific fertility rates of the specified year.
births per 1,000 people · 217/217 profiles · latest year by country 2024–2026Crude birth rate
Crude birth rate indicates the number of live births occurring during the year, per 1,000 population estimated at midyear.
deaths per 1,000 people · 217/217 profiles · latest year by country 2024–2026Crude death rate
Crude death rate indicates the number of deaths occurring during the year, per 1,000 population estimated at midyear.
% of population · 217/217 profiles · latest year by country 2025–2026Urban population
Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices.
% of population · 217/217 profiles · latest year by country 2025–2026Population aged 65 and over
Population ages 65 and above as a percentage of the total population.
% of population · 217/217 profiles · latest year by country 2025–2026Population aged 0–14
Population between the ages 0 to 14 as a percentage of the total population.